Saturday, 26 April 2014

KENYA TRAIN CRASH

People grow frustrated at the slow pace of rescue
operation as they gather next to an overturned freight train that
crashed into homes built along the railway track in Kibera slum in
Nairobi, Kenya, 22 December 2013. A freight train heading to Uganda
derailed and crashed into homes as it was passing through one of the
biggest slums in Africa, injuring several people. Several people are
feared trapped underneath the wreckage, the Kenya Red Cross says.
Workers are trying to straighten the railway track to make a way for a
heavy machinery to come and haul an overturned train cars

Central African Republic Unrest

Residents keep an eye on a distant stand-off
between French soldiers and angry protestors, as they cross a street in
Bangui, Central African Republic, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Several dozen
Muslim supporters of the Seleka rebel coalition group, burned tyres and
blocked a road Sunday, calling for the departure of French troops.

PERU-THEME-LOVE

Tourists visit a statute called “The Kiss” at a park on the edge of the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean
skirting the Peruvian capital, Lima, on January 29, 2014. The statue
depicting a couple kissing on the floor, a landmark in the city, is a
creation of Peruvian modern sculptor Victor Delfin, was unveiled on
February 14, Valentine’s Day of 1993.

PERU-THEME-LOVE

Couples holding hands visit a statute called “The Kiss”, at a park on the edge of the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean
skirting the Peruvian capital, Lima, on January 29, 2014. The statue
depicting a couple kissing on the floor, a landmark in the city, is a
creation of Peruvian modern sculptor Victor Delfin, was unveiled on
February 14, Valentine’s Day of 1993

Singapore Chinese New Year

Divers carry a man-made dragon, as part of Chinese
New Year dragon blessings to wish all their guests boundless energy in
the Year of the Horse, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 at the South East Asia
Aquarium at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. Local Chinese will
celebrate the new year in the Chinese lunar calendar, which begins on
Jan. 31.

City Ballet Art Installation

A Patron of the New York City Ballet walks along a massive photograph on linoleum flooring
featuring over 80 dancers arranged in an array of poses at the David H.
Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in New York. The
work of French-born artist JR, winner of the 2011 TED Prize and known
for his large-scale photography projects, was made by staging a photo
shoot of the artists lying down pushing and pulling on a white crinkled
paper. It’ll remain in place through March 2.

ITALY-AUTO-BUSINESS-EARNINGS-DIVIDEND-FIAT

JANUARY 28: A Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
Blackhawk helicopter flies near MetLife Stadium ahead of Super Bowl
XLVIII on January 28, 2014 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Helicopters
flown by "air interdiction agents" from the CBP's Office of Air and
Marine (OAM), are providing air support for Super Bowl XLVIII this
Sunday.

Stem Cells

This undated image made available by the journal
Nature shows a mouse embryo formed with specially-treated cells from a
newborn mouse that had been transformed into stem cells. Researchers in
Boston and Japan say they created stem cells from various tissues of
newborn mice. If the same technique works for humans, it may provide a
new way to grow tissue for treating illnesses like diabetes and Parkinson's disease. The report was published online on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 in the journal Nature.

INDIA-WEATHER-WINTER-RESCUE

In this handout photograph taken and released by
the Indian Air Force on January 29, 2014, stranded civilians are rescued
in a helicopter airlift following snow and cold weather conditions in
remote villages in the Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir. Some 203
civilians were rescued in ten sorties flown in an Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter in the remote Himalayan region.

GERMANY BUSINESS TOY FAIR

A steam locomotive of German company KM1 Modellbau is displayed at the 65th International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, 29 January 2014. The world's largest Toy Fair runs from 29 January to 03 February.

ROMANIA WEATHER HEAVY WINTER

A municipality snow cleaning machine tries to
clear a narrow street full of blocked cars, in Bucharest, Romania, 29
January 2014. A second series of snowfalls, blizzards and low
temperatures have stroke southern and south eastern Romania starting
with this morning; seven counties have declared weather red alert, two
highways have been closed, 192 trains were cancelled and schools are
closed for two days in affected areas.

Norway Fire

In this photo taken from a helicopter, a major
fire burns across open land Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, in the county of
Soer-Troendelag on the north western coast of Norway. This is the third
major fire to hit Norway over the last few days, with people in the area
being evacuated as a precautionary measure.

Great Lakes Asian Carp

In this June 13, 2012 file photo,
Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump
from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill. Placing dam-like structures in
Chicago waterways would be an almost foolproof method of preventing
Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan, while a less pricey electric barrier system
also has solid prospects for shielding the Great Lakes from the
invasive fish, according to a scientific analysis released Wednesday,
Jan. 29, 2014.

South Sudan Displaced

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014,
displaced South Sudanese women queue for water at the United Nations
base where they have sought shelter in Malakal, South Sudan. South
Sudanese who have sought safety at a United Nations base in an area that
has suffered some of the country’s worst violence since mid-December
feel it is too dangerous to return to their homes, despite a truce
between the warring factions, highlighting the danger of renewed
violence as both sides trade blame for sporadic violations of a
ceasefire agreement signed last week in neighboring Ethiopia

Winter Weather Alabama

Traffic is at a standstill on Interstate 65
northbound as officials work to clear abandoned vehicles Wednesday, Jan.
29, 2014 in Hoover, Ala. Overnight, the South saw fatal crashes and
hundreds of fender-benders. Jackknifed 18-wheelers littered Interstate
65 in central Alabama. Ice shut down bridges on Florida's panhandle and
the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, one of the world's longest spans, in
Louisiana. Some commuters pleaded for help via cellphones while still
holed up in their cars, while others trudged miles home, abandoning
their vehicles outright.

Britian Weather

A man walks beside the River Tone seen from
Windmill Hill, near Burrowbridge, south western England, as flooding
persists on the Somerset Levels, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Farmers,
politicians and church leaders are demanding the Government takes
immediate action to alleviate the flooding that has left a trail of
devastation on the Somerset Levels as further heavy rain is forecast for
the area over the next few days.

Avalanches Cut Off City

A photo released Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, by the
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and made on
Jan. 25, 2014, shows road crews beginning the job of clearing the closed
Richardson Highway, near Valdez, Alaska. At least a dozen avalanches
dumped snow on sections of the roadway Friday along 27 miles of the
highway, the only road access to the city at the end of the trans-Alaska
pipeline.

Snake Stench

A television cameraman records snakes brought out
of a house in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2014. A California
schoolteacher was arrested Wednesday after hundreds of living and dead pythons in plastic bins were found stacked ceiling to floor inside his stench-filled home.

CORRECTION TV Miley Cyrus

In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 photo provided by MTV, Miley Cyrus performs with Madonna during the taping of "Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged," in the Hollywood
section of Los Angeles. The 21-year-old pop star and the 55-year-old
Queen of Pop grinded and grabbed each other as they performed Cyrus' hit
"We Can't Stop" and Madonna's 2000 track "Don't Tell Me." The MTV
special that closes with the duet is set to air Wednesday

Super Bowl-Rock of Ages

This undated publicity photo released by the
Vivacity Media Group shows Joey Calveri, center, as “Stacee Jaxx” in a
scene from “Rock of Ages," in New York. The cast of the Broadway show
will be part of the televised pregame entertainment before Sunday’s
Super Bowl on Feb. 2, 2014.

MISS UNIVERSE-BEAUTY PAGEANT

This picture taken in Jakarta on January 29, 2014
shows Miss Indonesia 2014 Elvira Devinamira (C) from East Java being
crowned by Miss Indonesia 2013 Wulandari Herman (R) and Miss Universe
Maria Gabriela Isler (L) during a grand final of the Miss Indonesia 2014
beauty contest in Jakarta. Elvira Devinamira of East Java was crowned
as Miss Indonesia 2014 and will compete in Miss Universe 2014.

MISS UNIVERSE-BEAUTY PAGEANT

This picture taken in Jakarta on January 29, 2014
shows Miss Indonesia 2014 Elvira Devinamira (C) from East Java being
crowned by Miss Indonesia 2013 Wulandari Herman (R) and Miss Universe
Maria Gabriela Isler (L) during a grand final of the Miss Indonesia 2014
beauty contest in Jakarta. Elvira Devinamira of East Java was crowned
as Miss Indonesia 2014 and will compete in Miss Universe 2014.

INDONESIA-MISS UNIVERSE-BEAUTY PAGEANT

This picture taken in Jakarta on January 29, 2014
shows Miss Universe Maria Gabriela Isler from Venezuela (back-L) talking
to Miss Indonesia 2013 Wulandari Herman (back-R) as Miss Indonesia 2014
Elvira Devinamira (front-R) from East Java and first runner-up Elfin
Pertiwi (front-L) from South Sumatera wait for the jury to announce the
winner during a grand final of the Miss Indonesia 2014 beauty contest in
Jakarta. Elvira Devinamira of East Java was crowned as Miss Indonesia
2014 and will compete in Miss Universe 2014.

INDONESIA-MISS UNIVERSE-BEAUTY PAGEANT

This picture taken in Jakarta on January 29, 2014
shows Miss Indonesia 2014 Elvira Devinamira (front-R) from East Java is
crowned by Putri Indonesia 2013 Wulandari Herman (1st R) next to first
runner-up Elfin Pertiwi (1stL) from South Sumatera and Miss Universe
Maria Gabriela Isler (2nd-L) during a grand final of the Miss Indonesia
2014 beauty contest in Jakarta. Elvira Devinamira of East Java was
crowned as Miss Indonesia 2014 and will compete in Miss Universe 2014.

VIETNAM-LUNAR-NEW-YEAR

This picture taken on January 27. 2014 shows a
vendor standing behind her stand of colorfull sweets for Tet or the
lunar new year in downtown Hanoi. Known locally as Tet, the lunar new
year is Vietnam's most important holiday, triggering a surge in
consumption and travel ahead of an extended nationwide shutdown. But
critics argue that it may actually be hurting a fragile economy.

CHINA-LIFESTYLE-LUNAR-NEW YEAR-TRAVEL

This picture taken on January 25, 2014 shows a
Chinese family arriving on a motorcycle at a pitstop in Wuzhou, Guangxi
province, as they join thousands shunning public transport to head home
on the highways during the world's largest migration. China's 245
million migrant workers -- twice the entire population of Japan --
generally have to travel home to their families on jam-packed trains or
buses for the Lunar New Year, but this year more than 600,000 are
expected to ride home on their own motorcycles, according to state-run
media, making gruelling journeys of several hundred kilometres for the
country's biggest festival..

Winter Weather

A man walks in the snow down a road along the
shore in Scituate, Mass., Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. A winter storm slammed
into the U.S. Northeast with howling winds and frigid cold, dumping
nearly 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow in some parts and whipping up
blizzard-like conditions Friday.

Turkey Central Bank Rates

In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, a
woman counts U.S. dollar and Turkish lira banknotes at a currency
exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey's central bank has sharply
raised its key interest rate to 12 percent from 7.75 percent to try to
stave off inflation and support the national currency, which has fallen
sharply in recent weeks. The decision was taken late Tuesday at an
emergency meeting the central bank called for after the currency, the
lira, hit a record low.

FRANCE-TOURISM-AUTO-VINTAGE-PARADE

People are seen aboard an Italian Autobianchi car
on the Concorde square during the 14th edition of the "Traversee de
Paris en anciennes" ("Vintage Paris Crossing"), the largest gathering of
classic vehicles in the French capital streets, on January 12, 2014, in
Paris.

NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE

A group of young women wearing no pants
participate in the first 'No Pants Subway Ride' in Brussels, Belgium, 12
January 2014. No Pants Subway Ride is an annual global event started in
New York, USA in 2002. This is the first time that the event is
organized in the Belgian metro.

Myanmar Danmark Crown Princess

Denmark’s crown Princess Mary, right, watches a
Buddhist woman making rice noodles during a visit to a Buddhist
resettlement village in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan 12’
2014. Crown Princess Mary, accompanied by Denmark’s minister for
development cooperation Rasmus Helveg Petersen, visited camps for
internally displaced Muslims and relocation sites of the Buddhists, who
become displaced following sectarian violence since 2012, concluding a
three-day visit to Myanmar

NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE

A group of young people wearing no pants
participate in the first 'No Pants Subway Ride' in Brussels, Belgium, 12
January 2014. No Pants Subway Ride is an annual global event started in
New York, USA in 2002. This is the first time that the event is
organized in the Belgian metro

BELGIUM NO PANTS SUBWAY RIDE

Young women wearing no pants hold letters reading
'Less Is Mode' as they participate in the first 'No Pants Subway Ride'
in Brussels, Belgium, 12 January 2014. No Pants Subway Ride is an annual
global event started in New York, USA in 2002. This is the first time
that the event is organized in the Belgian metro.

Indonesia Volcano Erupts

A woman weeps as she carries her belongings to a
temporary shelter, following a heavy ash fall from the eruption of Mount
Sinabung in Sigaranggarang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 12,
2014. The volcano has sporadically erupted since September, forcing
thousands of people who live around it slopes to flee their homes.

SWITZERLAND TRADITION

People wearing monster costumes take part in the carnival parade in Diessenhofen, eastern Switzerland, 12 January 2014

SWITZERLAND TRADITION

A child plays tambor as he participates in the carnival parade in Diessenhofen, eastern Switzerland, 12 January

SWITZERLAND TRADITION

Two children wearing costumes of Spiderman (L) and
a witch (R) collect confetti as they participate in the carnival parade
in Diessenhofen, eastern Switzerland, 12 January 2014.

Indonesia Volcano Erupts

Indonesia Volcano Erupts Villagers ride on a
truck as they inspect the damage on a coffee plantation, following a
heavy ash fall from the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Sigaranggarang,
North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. The volcano has
sporadically erupted since September, forcing thousands of people who
live around it's slopes to flee their homes.

PORTUGAL-ACCIDENT-HAZING-FILES

A file picture taken on December 17, 2013 shows
people looking at the waves following the disappearance of university
students who were swept away by a huge wave, on a beach in Meco, near
Sesimbra. The circumstances surrounding the death of six university
students who were swept away by a wave during the night on December 15
remain unclear but the tragedy has provoked a heated debate about
academic hazing following the ongoing investigation that hints the
students may have taken part in a rite of passage ceremony. Former
Portuguese president Mario Soares in an opinion piece published on
January 28, 2014 called for a ban on university hazing.

Missouri Swimmer Assault

In this photo provided by Mike Menu is his
daughter, Sasha Menu Courey, with teammates. The Canadian family of
former University of Missouri school swimmer says the school and its
athletics department failed to properly investigate her alleged
off-campus rape by as many as three football players in 2010. Menu
Courey struggled with mental illness and committed suicide 16 months
later.

HONG KONG-GAY-GIGI-FILES

(FILES) This file picture taken in Macau on
September 4, 2011 shows Gigi Chao (R), the daughter of Hong Kong tycoon
Cecil Chao Sze-tsung with her partner. The lesbian daughter of a Hong
Kong tycoon, who offered more than 100 million USD to find her a male
suitor, has issued a heartfelt open letter on January 29, 2014 urging
him to accept her sexuality. In the letter, which starts "Dear Daddy",
socialite Gigi Chao asked her father Cecil to treat her partner Sean Eav
as "a normal, dignified human being" -- the pair have been together for
nine years and are reported to have married in 2012 in France.

PALESTINIAN-LIFESTYLE-MASS-WEDDING

Palestinian couples are pictured on January 28,
2014, during a mass wedding ceremony attended by Palestinian Authority
President Mahmud Abbas (unseen) in the West bank city of Jericho. Nearly
300 Palestinians were married in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Tuesday in a mass wedding funded by the Western-backed Palestinian
Authority.

AFGHANISTAN-ECONOMY-PEANUTS

Afghan labourers work at an export peanut factory
in Herat on January 29, 2014. The economy of Afghanistan can be
categorised as poor and unstable as it lacks proper industrialisation,
there is a lack of well-developed manufacturing and infrastructure
facilities, and it is dependent on foreign aid and assistance.

MOROCCO-LITERACY-WOMEN

AFP PHOTO/FADEL SENNA 13/30

India Hindu Festival

Hindu pilgrims arrive on the eve of ‘Mauni
Amavasya,’ an important bathing day at Sangam, the confluence of the
Ganges and the Yamuna rivers during the annual traditional fair ' Magh
Mela' in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Hundreds of
thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the
confluence during this astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days

PHILIPPINES CYBERSEX CRIME

Arrested Filipino teens, suspected of engaging in a
cybersex racket, are seen inside the National Bureau of Investigation
(NBI) office in Manila, Philippines, 29 January 2013. Lured by easy
money, fancy clothes and the latest gadgets, more and more young
Filipinos are falling prey to syndicates operating cybersex dens that
cater to clients mostly outside the Philippines. With nearly 30 percent
of Filipinos living on less than one US dollar a day, poverty is a key
reason why Filipinos are easily recruited by cybersex syndicates who
operate clandestinely inside homes or internet cafes.

JAPAN-EDUCATION-EMPLOYMENT

College students shout as they raise their arms at
the start of a ceremony to mark the annual job hunt in Tokyo on January
29, 2014. Some 1,500 students, who will graduate from schools in March
2015, attended the annual ceremony which aims to encourage future
graduates to look for employment.

US-ANOTHER-EXTREME-COLD-FRONT-MOVES-THROUGH-MIDWEST

JANUARY 28: Ice forms along the shore of Lake
Michigan as temperatures hovered around -10 degrees on January 28, 2014
in Chicago, Illinois. The city has had 18 days at or below zero so far
this winter, two shy of the 20-day record

Winter Weather

Vehicles are backed up on a snow covered US
Highway 280 during a snow storm, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 in Chelsea, Ala.
A fast-moving, unexpectedly severe winter storm blanketed much of
Alabama with a treacherous layer of frozen precipitation Tuesday,
causing multiple wrecks, stranding hundreds of children in schools and
coating palm trees with ice at the beach

US-CALIFORNIA-DROUGHT-DRIES-UP-BAY-AREA-RESERVOIRS

Low water levels are visible at the Almaden
Reservoir on January 28, 2014 in San Jose, California. Now in its third
straight year of drought conditions, California is experiencing its
driest year on record, dating back 119 years, and reservoirs throughout
the state have low water levels. Santa Clara County reservoirs are at 3
percent of capacity or lower. California Gov. Jerry Brown officially
declared a drought emergency to speed up assistance to local
governments, streamline water transfers and potentially ease
environmental protection requirements for dam releases

BRITAIN-TRADITION-VIKING

The Viking longboat burns during the annual Up
Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on January 28, 2014. Up
Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the
Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 'guizers' (men in
costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting
it alight later in the evening

School Shooting Hawaii

Students leave Roosevelt High School after a
school shooting on campus, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Honolulu. A
17-year-old student was shot by police in a counselor's office after he
pulled a knife and cut one of the officers. The student was taken to a
local hospital. State Department of Education spokeswoman Donalyn Dela
Cruz said the boy showed up Tuesday morning at the school and officials
there recognized him as a runaway who was not registered for classes,
and called police. Maj. Richard Robinson, commander of the Honolulu
Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, said the boy
lunged at officers who arrived at the public high school near downtown
Honolulu and tried to take him into custody

SPAIN-CARNIVAL-ZUBIETA

A participant sporting a mask rides tethered to a
car during the ancient carnival of Zubieta, in the northern Spanish
province of Navarra province, on January 28, 2014. The yearly three day
festivities, revolving mainly around agriculture and principally sheep
hearding, run on the last Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of January where
Navarra Valley locals from three villages dress up and participate in a
variety of activites as they perform a pilgrimage through each village

Winter Weather Ohio

Snowrolls file the frozemn Scioto River near
Greenlawn Ave. in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. According to
the National Weather Service, a snow roller is a rare meteorological
phenomenon in which large snowballs are formed naturally when chunks of
snow are blown along the ground by wind.

Winter Weather Louisiana

Larry Nunn, Sr., who is homeless, huddles in
blankets to keep warm under the Pontchartrain Expressway in downtown New
Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. The third and nastiest arctic blast of
the season hit Louisiana on Tuesday, as freezing rain began to fall and
the rare possibility of snow tonight looms .

US-NEW-YORK

A Blackhawk helicopter flown by U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP), flies over Midtown Mahnattan in route to
MetLife Stadium on January 28, 2014 in New York City. Helicopters
piloted by "air interdiction agents" from the CBP's Office of Air and
Marine (OAM), are providing air support for Super Bowl XLVIII this
Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

US-NEW-YORK-AREA-PREPARES-FOR-SUPER-BOWL-XLVIII

Newark Liberty International Airport is seen from a
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), helicopter ahead of Super Bowl
XLVIII on January 28, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey. Helicopters flown by
"air interdiction agents" from the U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM),
are providing air support for Super Bowl XLVIII this Sunday.

US-NEW-YORK-AREA-PREPARES-FOR-SUPER-BOWL-XLVIII

The Port Newark Container Terminal is seen from a
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), helicopter ahead of Super Bowl
XLVIII on January 28, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey. Helicopters flown by
CBP's "air interdiction agents" from the U.S. Office of Air and Marine
(OAM), are providing air support for Super Bowl XLVIII this Sunday.

Winter Weather Louisiana

Nicollette Anders and Erinn Lingo watch Saturday
Night Live on a cell phone at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans
International Airport after all flights were canceled Tuesday, Jan. 28,
2014. The two said they plan on staying at the airport with hopes of
flying out Wednesday, or Thursday.

Argentina Economy

Unemployed youth who belong to a nationwide
organization of unemployed and retired people camp outside the Casa
Rosada government palace, background, to protest government policies
that they believe exclude the poor in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday,
Jan. 28, 2014. Argentina is suffering one of the world's highest
inflation rates

Winter Weather Georgia

January 28, 2014 Atlanta: Traffic inches along the
Connector as snow blankets the At;anta on Tuesday afternoon Jan. 28,
2014, as seen from the Pryor Street overpass. Interstates were clogged
as commuters ended their workday early.

Giffords Gun Initiatives

Devyn Hembry leans on his Bushmaster rifle as he
waits to get in line to enter a Washington state House panel hearing
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. Former Arizona Congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a 2011 shooting, testified before the
panel considering an initiative to expand firearm background checks in
the state, telling lawmakers that "the nation is counting on you." With
her husband, retired NASA space shuttle commander Mark Kelly sitting
next to her, Giffords spoke slowly and briefly to the panel that was
taking public testimony on Initiative 594

Portugal Daily Life

A man lights a cigarette while standing by the
Tagus river in Lisbon as the sun sets behind the April 25th bridge
Tuesday, Jan. 28 2014

Winter Weather Georgia

Lily Turcotte-Keen, 8, screams as she sleds down a
hill at Grant Park after getting out of school early due to the snow
storm on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. A winter storm that would
probably be no big deal in the North all but paralyzed the Deep South on
Tuesday, bringing snow, ice and teeth-chattering cold, with
temperatures in the teens in some places.

Winter Weather Georgia

Students attending a school rally at the Georgia
Capitol try to catch snowflakes on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. A
winter storm that would probably be no big deal in the North all but
paralyzed the Deep South on Tuesday, bringing snow, ice and
teeth-chattering cold, with temperatures in the teens in some places.

CUBA-CELAC-SUMMIT

Handout photo released by the Argentinian
Presidency of Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner (R) posing with
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica (L) and Entre Rios Governor Sergio
Urribarri in the framework of the Second Summit of the Community of
Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), on January 28, 2014 in
Havana.

Winter Weather Georgia

Deon Jackson with the Georgia Building Authority,
salts steps in front of the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in
Atlanta. Snow falling in Atlanta caused schools to close early and sent
workers home at mid-day Tuesday.

Winter Weather Alabama

Vehicles make their way around a beer delivery
truck that slid off county road 25 during a snow storm which hit the
south, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014 in Wilsonville, Ala. A winter storm that
would probably be no big deal in the North all but paralyzed the Deep
South on Tuesday, bringing snow, ice and teeth-chattering cold, with
temperatures in the teens in some places

Gay Marriage Utah Protests

Married couple Chris Johnson, left, and David
Tuma, hug each other during a rally outside the Utah State Capitol,
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Opponents and supporters of
gay marriage held twin rallies at the Capitol on Tuesday. More than
1,000 gay couples rushed to get married when a federal judge overturned
Utah's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in late
December 2013. In early January the U.S. Supreme Court granted Utah's
request for an emergency halt to the weddings.

28-FILMS-WITH-THE-CINEMA-SOCIETY

Actors Vanessa Hudgens, Brendan Fraser and Rosario
Dawson attend the "Gimme Shelter" screening hosted by Roadside
Attractions and Day 28 Films with The Cinema Society on January 22, 2014
in New York City

Haiti Displacement Camps

Betania Bruno, 26, sits with her children next to
her few belongings after she was evicted from the Petion-Ville Golf
Club, a camp for displaced people of the 2010 earthquake, in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The camp that was
erected on Haiti's only golf course in the days after the 7.0-magnitude
earthquake hit the country, was cleared by police Wednesday leaving many
homeless.

AUSTRALIA CHINESE NEW YEAR

A troupe with a 15 meter Chinese dragon dances up
the eastern arch of the Harbour Bridge to welcome in the Chinese New
Year of the horse in Sydney, Australia, 21 January 2014. Chinese New
Year will be celebrated on 31 January.

USA CALIFORNIA DROUGHT EMERGENCY

Visitors explore remnants and foundations of a
mining town, known as Mormon Island which has been submerged under
Folsom Lake since 1955 which is now visible due to the water level drop
in Folsom, California, USA, 22 January 2014. California Governor Jerry
Brown declared a drought emergency in California and is asking its
residents to cut back water use by 20 percent.

China Bird Flu New Year

In this Tuesday Jan. 21, 2014 photo, a farmer
feeds chickens in a chicken farm in Huaibei, in central China's Anhui
province. A spate of bird flu cases since the beginning of the year in
China has experts watching closely as millions of people and poultry are
on the move ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, the world's largest
annual human migration.

SINGAPORE-DINOSAUR-MUSEUM

A visitor take a photo of a life size replica of a
lizard crocodile 'Sauroshuchus' exhibited at the Art Science Museum
during a media preview in Singapore on January 23, 2014. The exhibit
called "Dinosaurs: from dawn to extinction " traces evolution of
dinosaurs 600 years back in time. The exhibition will open to visitors
from January 25 to July 27.

Emmy Rossum

CHINA-HOLIDAYS-LUNAR-TRANSPORT

An elderly woman (C) loosits with her baggage as
she prepares to take a train at a railway station in Beijing on January
23, 2014. The world's largest annual migration began on January 16 in
China with tens of thousands in the capital boarding trains to journey
home for Lunar New Year celebrations

Karina Smirnoff

Television personality Karina Smirnoff arrives at
the Luminary Awards benefiting the U.C.L.A Department of Head and Neck
Surgery at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 in
Beverly Hills, Calif.

Australia Unexplained Cash

This March 13, 2014 photo released by Australian
Federal Police, shows thousands of dollars of Australian money seized by
the police on a cart, in Australia. The Australian Crime Commission
(ACC) Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, released results of its 12-month covert
operation named Eligo, against serious organized crime specifically at
money laundering networks. The task force managed to seize more than
$580 million worth of drugs and assets last year.

GERMANY CHEESE WHEELS

Cheese maiden Floor swings two stacks of Gouda
cheese wheels in front of the Brandenburg Gate as she participates in
Green Week in Berlin, Germany, 16 January 2014. International Green Week
begins 17th February and continues until 26 January 2014 in Berlin

epaselect ITALY FASHION

Young models present creations by Italian designer
Roberto Cavalli for fall-winter 2014/2015 during the Pitti Immagine
Bimbo in Florence, Italy, 16 January 2014. The fashion event runs from
16 to 18 January

SCIENCE-ASTRONOMY-SPACE

This handout artist's impression released by the
European Southern Observatory (ESO) on January 15, 2014 shows one of the
three newly discovered planets in the star cluster Messier 67. In this
cluster the stars are all about the same age and composition as the Sun.
This makes it a perfect laboratory to study how many planets form in
such a crowded environment. Very few planets in clusters are known and
this one has the additional distinction of orbiting a solar twin — a
star that is almost identical to the Sun in all respects.

TURKEY-SYRIA-CONFLICT

Syrian refugees walk among tents at Karkamis'
refugee camp on January 16, 2014 near the town of Gaziantep, south of
Turkey. Two weeks of battles between Syrian rebels and jihadists have
killed at least 1,069 people, mostly fighters, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights said Thursday. Among the dead, not all of whom were
identified, were 608 Islamist and moderate rebels, 312 jihadists from
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and 130 civilians, the
Britain-based group said.

US-WEATHER-FIRE

Downtown Los Angeles is shrouded in a cloud of
smoke from the Colby Fire, January 16, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.
The fast-moving Colby Fire, originated early today in the San Gabriel
Mountains just north of Glendora, about 30 miles (48 miles) northeast of
downtown Los Angeles. The fire is threatening homes and mandatory
evacuations have been ordered.

Brazil Surfer Dogs

Cecilia Canetti practices yoga on a stand-up
paddle board as her dog Polo accompanies her off Barra de Tijuca beach
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Canetti is training
her dog to accompany her as she stand-up paddle surfs, along with other
paddle surfing dog owners preparing for an upcoming competition of
paddle surfers who compete with their dogs.

CHILE-TOURISM-VALPARAISO

A man walks in Valparaiso, Chile on January 14,
2014. Valparaiso, one of the most important South American ports on the
Pacific Ocean, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003.

CHILE-TOURISM-VALPARAISO

People walk in a street of Valparaiso, Chile on
January 14, 2014. Valparaiso, one of the most important South American
ports on the Pacific Ocean, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in
2003

Brazil Surfer Dogs

People train their dogs to accompany them as they
stand-up paddle board off Barra de Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The surfers are training for an
upcoming competition of paddle surfers who compete with their dogs.

Global Gay Rights

FILE - An activist with multicolored paint on her
face and matching umbrella particiaptes a protest demanding equality for
LGBTIQ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) people in
Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on Friday, May 31, 2012. In heavily
Muslim Indonesia, gay sex is not criminalized, and many young, urban
Indonesians are relatively tolerant of homosexuality, but most citizens
consider it unacceptable. "Gay people are still living in fear," said
King Oey, chairman of the country's main gay-rights group

Natural Disaster Declaration-Drought

In this April 2, 2013 file photo, Davis Nixon,
left, and Jose Ponce, walk on the dry shores of Minnequa Lake in Pueblo,
Colo. Federal officials have designated portions of 11 drought-ridden
western and central states as primary natural disaster areas,
highlighting the financial strain the lack of rain is likely to bring to
farmers in those regions. The announcement by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture on Jan. 16, 2014, included counties in Colorado, New Mexico,
Nevada, Kansas, Texas, Utah, Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Oklahoma and
California.

California Wildfires

Smoke from the Colby fire spreads over the Pacific
Ocean, seen from the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles Thursday,
Jan. 16, 2014. Homes burned in a wildfire threatening neighborhoods in
dangerously dry foothills of Southern California's San Gabriel Mountains
on Thursday, fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds that spit embers into the
city below.

Northridge Quake 20 Years

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1994 file photo, the Santa
Monica Freeway has split and collapsed over La Cienega Boulevard
following the Northridge quake in the predawn hours. The Jan. 17, 1994
Northridge earthquake caused death and destruction over a wide area of
Southern California. While the state has made strides in retrofitting
freeways and hospitals, work remains to strengthen concrete buildings
and housing with underground parking.

Fort Unburied Skeletons

FILE - In this 1993 file photo, skeletons
uncovered during a 1950s archaeological excavation are among the 10
skeletons of French and Indian War soldiers displayed in the cemetery at
Fort William Henry in Lake George, N.Y. The skeletons were once thought
to have been reburied in a 1993 ceremony. The fort’s owners and the two
anthropologists who studied the skeletons revealed in 2012 that only
three skeletons were actually re-interred in 1993. The 15 mostly
complete skeletons likely will be returned to the fort "before the end
of the summer," fort spokeswoman Melodie Viele wrote in an email

SUDAN-SSUDAN-UNREST-REFUGEE

Displaced South Sudanese citizens arrive at a
Sudanese border checkpoint in Joda, where Sudan's White Nile state meets
the South's Upper Nile, after fleeing battles between rebel and
government forces on January 16, 2014. Those waiting on the border are
among an estimated 10,000 who have fled north to Sudan as part of an
exodus, which the UN's refugee agency UNHCR says has seen almost 80,000
people escape battles between rebel and government forces in South Sudan
over the past month.

CENTRAFRICA-UNREST

hildren look at French troops, in a
displacedpersons camp during the visit of commandant of the Sangaris
force, general Francisco Soriano in Bossangoa on January 16, 2014 . At
least seven people were killed in overnight clashes in the Central
African Republic's capital of Bangui, according to a compiled toll
Thursday from the Red Cross and AFP.

California Wildfires

A firefighting plane makes a water drop on a
wildfire that's burning in the hills just north of the San Gabriel
Valley community of Glendora, Calif., on Thursday, Jan 16, 2014.
Southern California authorities have ordered the evacuation of homes at
the edge of a fast-moving wildfire burning in the dangerously dry
foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains

Brazil Weather

Lightning lights up the the sky over Sugar Loaf
mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan.16, 2014. An alert was
called by Rio authorities due to heavy rains and the possibilty of
floods in the city.

MONACO-FESTIVAL-CIRCUS-PEOPLE

Hans Klok performs during the 38th Monte-Carlo
International Circus Festival in Monaco on January 16, 2014. The
International Circus Festival will take place from January 16 to January
26, 2014

MONACO-FESTIVAL-CIRCUS-PEOPLE

Dutch illusionist Hans Klok performs during the
38th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival in Monaco on January 16,
2014. The International Circus Festival will take place from January 16
to January 26, 2014.

SPAIN-HORSES-RELIGION-FIRE

A horse and rider pass through a burning pyre in
the central Spanish village of San Bartolome de Pinares on January 16,
2014 during celebrations for the feast of Saint Anthony, patron saint of
animals. Since time immemorial, the horses' owners have conditioned
their beasts to pass through the flames marking a religious folklore
deeming the process will cleanse the village of disease.

MONACO CIRCUS FESTIVAL

'The Faltiny' perform during the 38th Monte-Carlo
International Circus Festival in Monaco, 16 January 2014. The
International Circus Festival will take place from 16 to 26 January 2014

EL SALVADOR PEACE

Members of social and human rights groups
participate during a march in San Salvador, El Salvador, 16 January
2014, to mark the commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the signing
of the Peace Agreements that ended the civil war between 1908 and
1992.Peace Agreements were signed on 16 January 1992 between the
Government and members of former guerrilla 'Farabundo Marti front for
Nacional Liberation' (FMLN), which is the party in power nowadays

MONACO CIRCUS FESTIVAL

'Vavilov' perform during the 38th Monte-Carlo
International Circus Festival in Monaco, 16 January 2014. The
International Circus Festival will take place from 16 to 26 January 2014

MONACO CIRCUS FESTIVAL

Dutch illusionist Hans Klok (L) performs during
the 38th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival in Monaco, 16 January
2014. The International Circus Festival will take place from 16 to 26
January 2014.

19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Red Carpet

NY Premiere Klondike

Conor Leslie attends the premiere of the Discovery Channel's "Klondike" on Thursday, Jan 16, 2014 in New York

SPACE-US-CHANDRA-HAND OF GOD

This NASA image obtained January 10, 2014 shows a
cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded. NASA's Nuclear
Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has imaged the structure in
high-energy X-rays for the first time, shown in blue. Lower-energy X-ray
light previously detected by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown
in green and red. Nicknamed the "Hand of God," this object is called a
pulsar wind nebula. It's powered by the leftover, dense core of a star
that blew up in a supernova explosion. The stellar corpse, called PSR
B1509-58, or B1509 for short, is a pulsar: it rapidly spins around,
seven times per second, firing out a particle wind into the material
around it -- material that was ejected in the star's explosion. These
particles are interacting with magnetic fields around the material,
causing it to glow with X-rays. The result is a cloud that, in previous
images, looked like an open hand. The pulsar itself can't be seen in
this picture, but is located near the bright white spot.One of the big
mysteries of this object is whether the pulsar particles are interacting
with the material in a specific way to make it look like a hand, or if
the material is in fact shaped like a hand. NuSTAR's view is providing
new clues to the puzzle. The hand actually shrinks in the NuSTAR image,
looking more like a fist, as indicated by the blue color. The northern
region, where the fingers are located, shrinks more than the southern
part, where a jet lies, implying the two areas are physically different.
In this image, X-ray light seen by Chandra with energy ranges of 0.5 to
2 kiloelectron volts (keV) and 2 to 4 keV is shown in red and green,
respectively, while X-ray light detected by NuSTAR in the higher-energy
range of 7 to 25 keV is blue.

SPACE-US-MARS-ROVER-TRACKS

This NASA image obtained January 10, 2014 shows
two parallel tracks left by the wheels of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as
it crosses rugged ground in this portion of a December 11, 2013,
observation by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The rover itself does not
appear in this part of the HiRISE observation. Curiosity has been on the
move. By the time this image was taken, it had driven about 2.86 miles
(4.61 kilometers) since its August 2012 landing in Gale Crater. This
enhanced color image shows where the rover zigzagged to avoid steep
slopes and other obstacles on its route toward its long-term destination
on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp. Curiosity is progressing from a
bright dust-covered area to a region with a darker surface, where
windblown sand scours the surface relatively free of dust. For scale,
the two parallel lines of the wheel tracks are about 10 feet (3 meters)
apart

SUDAN-UNREST-REFUGEES

A picture shows an aerial view of a camp of
internally displaced people in Minkammen, 25 kilometres (16 miles) south
of Bor, on January 10, 2014. Some 80,000 displaced people from South
Sudan's volatile Bor region have fled to safety in sprawling, dusty
camps in Awerial region across the Nile River. The UN refugee agency
warned on January 10 that fighting in South Sudan could drive more than
half a million people from their homes, doubling the number of those
affected by April.

Winter Weather NYC

In this Jan. 9, 2014 photo, ice floes cover the
surface of the Hudson River near west side of Midtown Manhattan in New
York. After record-breaking cold sent the city into a deep freeze early
in the week, temperatures climbed back into the 30's by Friday

Mideast Israel Boycott Hits Home

In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Palestinian
farmers cut onions at a field belong to Jewish settlers, just outside
the West Bank Jordan valley Jewish settlement of Tomer. For Israeli
farmers in the West Bank's Jordan Valley, an international campaign to
boycott settlement products has turned almost overnight from a distant
nuisance into a harsh economic reality. The export-driven income of
growers in the valley's 21 settlements dropped by 15 percent, or $29
million dollars, last year because Western European supermarket chains
trying to avoid political entanglements largely stopped buying the
valley's grapes, dates and sweet peppers.

AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY-DOG-FIGHT

Afghan man screams at his dog during a dog fight
on the outskirts of Herat on January 9, 2014. Over a third of Afghans
are living in abject poverty, as those in power are more concerned about
addressing their vested interests rather than the basic needs of the
population, a UN report said.

Mideast Israel Boycott Hits Home

In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 photo, cutting
tools placed on the ground while Palestinian farmers take their morning
break at an onions field belong to Jewish settlers, just outside the
west bank Jordan valley Jewish settlement of Tomer. For Israeli farmers
in the West Bank's Jordan Valley, an international campaign to boycott
settlement products has turned almost overnight from a distant nuisance
into a harsh economic reality. The export-driven income of growers in
the valley's 21 settlements dropped by 15 percent, or $29 million
dollars, last year because Western European supermarket chains trying to
avoid political entanglements largely stopped buying the valley's
grapes, dates and sweet peppers.

Chemical Spill

This Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 photo shows a stretch
of the Elk River in Charleston, W.Va. The White House has issued a
federal disaster declaration in West Virginia, where a chemical spill
that may have contaminated tap water has led officials to tell at least
300,000 people not to bathe, brush their teeth or wash their clothes.
The West Virginia National Guard planned to distribute bottled drinking
water to emergency services agencies in the nine affected counties.
About 100,000 water customers, or 300,000 people total, were affected,
state officials said

Britain HMS Illustrious

Royal Navy helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious -
which played a major part in the typhoon relief effort in the
Philippines in November – returns home to Portsmouth, England, Friday,
Jan. 10, 2014. The 23,000-tonne ship was operating in the Gulf when she
was diverted to the Philippines to relieve Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring,
which was among the first ships on scene to offer aid. As part of the
UK government’s response to the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, Illustrious
and her 950 crew spent three weeks delivering emergency UK aid supplies
and repairing key services and broken infrastructure. Armed Forces
Minister Mark Francois, who welcomed the ship back to her home port,
said: “HMS Illustrious played a vital role in getting critical aid
supplies and medics to the worst hit areas of the Philippines, including
some of the most hard to reach islands. Her crew, their families and
friends have dealt admirably with unplanned separation over Christmas
and the New Year to make that happen. Britain can be proud of the part
she and all those who operated from her have played, vividly
demonstrating the UK’s ability to extend positive influence around the
globe. I am delighted to have been able to visit on her return to her
base port of Portsmouth and to personally thank those involved.”

US-2014-WINTER-TCA-TOUR---DAY-2

Cast member Amanda Shaw speaks onstage during the
'MTV - House of Food' panel discussion at the Viacom portion of the 2014
Winter Television Critics Association tour at the Langham Hotel on
January 10, 2014 in Pasadena, California

GERMANY HAMBURG FLASHMOB

Participants of a flashmob throw pillows and
feathers on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany, 10 January 2014. A few
hundred people took part in the pillow fight on the Reeperbahn in
Hamburg to protest against the 'danger zone' set up by the police in
which police officers are allowed to stop and search people for no
specific reason. The danger zone comes was established by police in
consequence to recent clashes between police and left-wing activists
over the evicition of Rote Flora cultural centre

Haiti Building Safety

In this Dec. 25, 2013 photo, carpet vendors use
the open space of an earthquake damaged building to cut carpet for a
client near their shop in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Four years
later after the 7.0-magnitude quake, construction practices in the
Caribbean country have improved overall, with better materials being
used for many larger projects. But construction of smaller commercial
buildings and homes is more haphazard, in large part because most people
in the impoverished nation don’t have the money to do things by the
book.

SPAIN-MOTO-BIKE-PINGUINOS

Motorcycle enthusiasts load a log onto a
motorcycle the camping grounds of Puente Duero in Valladolid for the
33rd edition of the "Pinguinos" on 10 January 2014. Pinguinos is said to
be the most important winter motorcycle rally in Europe bringing
together more than 30,000 bikers from all over Europe according to
organisers.

SPAIN-MOTO-BIKE-PINGUINOS

Motorcycle enthusiasts leave Puente Duero during
Valladolid for the 33rd edition of the "Pinguinos" on 10 January 2014.
Pinguinos is said to be the most important winter motorcycle rally in
Europe bringing together more than 30,000 bikers from all over Europe
according to organisers.

SPAIN-MOTO-BIKE-PINGUINOS

Motorcycle enthusiasts leave Puente Duero during
Valladolid for the 33rd edition of the "Pinguinos" on 10 January 2014.
Pinguinos is said to be the most important winter motorcycle rally in
Europe bringing together more than 30,000 bikers from all over Europe
according to organisers.

USA NEW YORK WEATHER

Ice on the Hudson River with the New York City skyline seen on the background in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, 10 January 2013.

SYRIA-CONFLICT

A doll lies amid debris in a damaged house
following an alleged shelling by Syrian government forces on the city of
Daraya, southwest of the capital Damascus, on January 10, 2014. Syria's
civil war has killed more than 130,000 people, and forced millions more
to flee their homes

Korean Friendship Bell

Local and South Korean dignitaries gather to
celebrate the restoration of the Korean Friendship Bell, Friday Jan. 10,
2014, which was presented in 1976 by the Republic of Korea to celebrate
the bicentennial of the United State's independence and to honor Korean
War veterans, at Angels gate park, in the San Pedro selection of Los
Angeles

INDIA NEW TERMINAL T2 INAUGRATATION

An Indian worker cleans the floor inside the newly
inaugrated airport terminal T2 at the Chhatrapati International Airport
in Mumbai, India, 10 January 2014. T2 terminal was conceived seven
years ago to revamp the cramped and congested airport which is among
India's busiest. The new terminal is spread over 1,400 acres, the size
of about 27 football fields, NDTV news channel reported. The T2 terminal
is estimated to have cost two billion US dollars.

Trucks Winter Racing

Carl Renezeder of Laguna Beach, Calif., sails over
a jump while racing in the Red Bull Frozen Rush short-course off-road
truck race, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at the Sunday River ski resort in
Newry, Maine. The cold weather race was the first ever of its kind for
the Baja racers.

Niagara Falls Winter

The area surrounding Niagara Falls, N.Y., is
coated in a layer of ice in Niagara Falls State Park on Thursday, Jan.
9, 2014. Niagara Falls hasn't frozen over, but it has become an icy
spectacle, thanks to a blast of arctic wind and cold that blew around
and froze the mist on surfaces and landscaping. Despite the urban
legends, Niagara Falls doesn't freeze solid in the winter, tourism
officials say. A section of the American Falls, one of three waterfalls
that make up the natural attraction, has frozen. The Niagara River
rapids and larger Horseshoe Falls continue to flow unimpeded.

INDIA NEW TERMINAL T2 INAUGRATATION

An exterior view of the newly inaugrated airport
terminal T2 at the Chhatrapati International Airport in Mumbai, India,
10 January 2014. T2 terminal was conceived seven years ago to revamp the
cramped and congested airport which is among India's busiest. The new
terminal is spread over 1,400 acres, the size of about 27 football
fields, NDTV news channel reported. The T2 terminal is estimated to have
cost two billion US dollars.

HUNGARY-CIRCUS-FESTIVAL

German 'Caselly' family performs during the second
day of a 5-day long 10th International Circus Festival in the Capital
Circus of Budapest on January 10, 2014. The final will be held till
January 13.

US-CONSTRUCTION-CONTINUES-ON-NEW-YORK'S-2ND-AVENUE-SUBWAY

JANUARY 10: Workers are viewed in a tunnel
underneath Manhattan at the Second Avenue Subway project site on January
10, 2014 in New York City. New York City's long awaited Second Avenue
Subway line, which will extend the route of the Q train into the Upper
East Side, has been delayed since plans were first proposed in the 1920s
and 1940s. Building the subway line has involved digging 8.5 miles of
new tunnel from 125th Street in Harlem south to Hanover Square, which is
located in Manhattan's Financial District. The total cost of the
project is expected to top $17 billion and is scheduled to open for
service in December 2016

HUNGARY-CIRCUS-FESTIVAL

Chinese artist Huang Jang performs during the
second day of a 5-day long 10th International Circus Festival in the
Capital Circus of Budapest on January 10, 2014. The final will be held
till January 13.

APTOPIX Niagara Falls Winter

Freezing water sprays from Niagara Falls coats the
landscape at Niagara Falls State Park on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 in
Niagara Falls, N.Y. Niagara Falls hasn't frozen over, but it has become
an icy spectacle, thanks to a blast of arctic wind and cold that blew
around and froze the mist on surfaces and landscaping. Despite the urban
legends, Niagara Falls doesn't freeze solid in the winter, tourism
officials say. A section of the American Falls, one of three waterfalls
that make up the natural attraction, has frozen. The Niagara River
rapids and larger Horseshoe Falls continue to flow unimpeded.

CANADA-WEATHER-NIAGARA FALLS-FREEZE

Water still cascades over Niagara Falls on January
10, 2014. The famous falls at the US-Canadian border nearly froze
during the recent cold snap which affected some 240 million people in
the US and southern Canada .

CANADA-WEATHER-NIAGARA FALLS-FREEZE

Water still cascades over Niagara Falls on January
10, 2014. The famous falls at the US-Canadian were the subject of a
social media debate as to whether the falls froze completely or not
during the recent cold snap which affected some 240 million people in
the US and southern Canada.

Dead Whale

Rescue officials try to remove a large, dead sperm
whale that washed up on a Boca Raton, Fla. beach, Friday, Jan. 10,
2014. Federal biologists were on their way to examine the carcass. Boca
Raton police say the whale was discovered Friday morning on Spanish
River Beach. It wasn't immediately clear if the whale had been injured
or was sick. Police say biologists will try to make that determination
later.

Dead Whale

A crowd gathered to watch as officials tried to
remove a large, dead sperm whale washed up on a Boca Raton, Fla. beach
and federal biologists were on their way to examine the carcass, Friday,
Jan. 10, 2014. Boca Raton police say the whale was discovered Friday
morning on Spanish River Beach. It wasn't immediately clear if the whale
had been injured or was sick. Police say biologists will try to make
that determination later.

Florida Keys Soldier Ride

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News
Bureau, U.S. Army Sgt. Wade Mitcheltree, right, and about 50 other
wounded veterans of wars pedal their way across the Seven Mile Bridge in
the Florida Keys Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, near Marathon, Fla. Mitcheltree
lost his forearm and much of his right leg in Afghanistan in 2012.
About 50 injured vets and their supporters are participating in the trip
down segments of the Florida Keys Overseas Highway during Soldier Ride.
The event is staged by the Wounded Warrior Project to help restore
injured soldiers' physical and emotional well-being. It concludes in Key
West Sunday, Jan. 12.

MOZAMBQIUE-CHILDREN-BEACH-LEISURE

Young children play on a beach in Maputo on January 10, 2014

Dolphin Born

Bella, a nine-year-old bottlenose dolphin and
first time mother, is seen with her newborn calf on Friday, Jan. 10,
2014 at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. The park’s marine
mammal staff are monitoring the pair around the clock for the next
several weeks.

CHILE MINING

Coloured smoke is seen at the copper mine El
Teniente, located in the hillside of the Andes in the commune of
Machali, Cachapoal Province, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins
Region, Chile, 10 January 2014. The National Copper Corporation of Chile
(CODELCO) celebrated its first year of work in an open area of the
mine, after 108 years of underground mining. El Teniente, considered the
biggest underground mine in the world, stopped subterranean
explorations one year ago with around 3,000-kilometer of excavated
tunnels

Russia Fashion Yudashkin

RUSSIA MERCEDES BENZ FASHION WEEK

A models waits backstage to present a creation by
Russian designer Ruban during the Spring/Summer 2014 Mercedes-Benz
Fashion Week Russia in Moscow, Russia, 30 October 2013. The event runs
from 25 to 31 October

ussian designer Valentin Yudashkin

Russian designer Valentin Yudashkin (L) appears on
the catwalk with models after his show, during the Spring/Summer 2014
Moscow Fashion Week, in Moscow, Russia, 30 October 2013. The event runs
from 30 October to 04 November.

RUSSIA MOSCOW FASHION WEEK

Models present creations by Russian fashion
designers Yana and Anastasiya Shevchenko (fashion house Yanastasia)
during the Spring/Summer 2014 Moscow Fashion Week, in Moscow, Russia, 31
October 2013. The event runs from 30 October to 04 November.

RUSSIA MOSCOW FASHION WEEK

Models present creations by Russian fashion
designers Yana and Anastasiya Shevchenko (fashion house Yanastasia)
during the Spring/Summer 2014 Moscow Fashion Week, in Moscow, Russia, 31
October 2013. The event runs from 30 October to 04 November.

COSTA RICA CULTURE

People participate in the Traditional Costa Rican
Masquerade Day with a parade through downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, 31
October 2013. The masquerades are filled with people dressed as
traditional legend characters such as 'El Cadejos', 'El Cegua' and 'El
Diablo'.

Heidi Klum's 14th Annual Halloween Party

Heidi Klum attends her 14th annual Halloween party on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in New York.

SPACE WITCH HEAD NEBULA

An undated handout photo released by NASA on 01
November 2013 shows the Witch Head nebula, named after its resemblance
to the profile of a wicked witch. The photo was captured by NASA's
Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Astronomers say the
billowy clouds of the nebula, where baby stars are brewing, are being
lit up by massive stars. Dust in the cloud is being hit with starlight,
causing it to glow with infrared light, which was picked up by WISE's
detectors. The Witch Head nebula is estimated to be hundreds of
light-years away in the Orion constellation, just off the famous
hunter's knee. WISE was recently ‘awakened’ to hunt for asteroids in a
program called NEOWISE. The reactivation came after the spacecraft was
put into hibernation in 2011, when it completed two full scans of the
sky, as planned.

Alabama Daily Life

Randy.left, and Jillian Riley are anything but
traditional, so in celebration of their love and their favorite holiday,
the couple got married this Halloween, Oct. 31, 2013, outside of Olde
Towne Coffee Shoppe in Five Points in Huntsville, Ala. It was a small,
intimate wedding where family and friends dressed the part in honor of
the couple's ghoulish affair.

Texas Storms

Isabel Rodriguez and her children Christopher,
left, 3, and Rubi, 8 months, are carried on a boat on Quicksilver
Boulevard in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Heavy overnight
rains brought flooding to the area. The National Weather Service said
more than a foot of rain fell in Central Texas, including up to 14
inches in Wimberley, since rainstorms began Wednesday.

CHILE-SOCIETY-HALLOWEEN

Group of children and adults fancy-dressed pose
during the celebration of Halloween on October 31, 2013 in Santiago.
Thousands of Chilean children took to the streets to ask for sweets to
celebrate Halloween.

BRAZIL ARTS

Artists performs the play 'Fu Yong - The eternal
fortune in the sacred mountain' as part of the cultural month of China
in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 31 October 2013. Rio de Janeiro is
the first city of this show´s tour which will visit another eight
Brazilian cities.

FASHION-BRAZIL-SAO PAULO FASHION WEEK-COLCCI

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen presents a
creation by Colcci during the 2014 Winter collections of the Sao Paulo
Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 31, 2013.

Drug Tunnel

An Oct. 31, 2013, photo released by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows agents in a tunnel designed to
smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego. The tunnel is
equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system, U.S.
authorities said. Authorities seized more than 8 tons of marijuana and
325 pounds of cocaine in connection with the discovery, ICE said.

Beached Whale

Marine mammal biologist Andy Garrett, left, of
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Mike Walsh,
co-director of the aquatic animal health program at the college of
veterinarian medicine at the University of Florida, inject a sedative
into a whale that beached itself off of Madiera Beach, Fla., Thursday,
Oct. 31, 2013. Wildlife officials say they plan to euthanize the beached
whale

Restoration Project's 18th Annual Hulaween

From left, television journalist Katie Couric,
comedian Billy Crystal and actress Bette Midler attend New York
Restoration Project's 18th Annual Hulaween gala on Thursday, Oct. 31,
2013, in New York

Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project's 18th Annual Hulaween

Actress Bette Midler attends New York Restoration Project's 18th Annual Hulaween gala on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in New York

40TH-ANNUAL-VILLAGE-HALLOWEEN-PARADE

Kelly Ripa participates in the New York City 40th Annual Village Halloween parade on October 31, 2013 in New York City.

Halloween-NYC Parade

Spectators, some dressed for the occasion,
including Louis Topi, 8, from France, right, watch as the Village
Halloween Parade makes its up New York's Sixth Avenue Thursday Oct. 31,
2013.

HALLOWEEN PARADE

Parade participants march in the 40th Annual
Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York, USA, 31 October 2013.
Some 50,000 participants parade up New York's Sixth Avenue decked out in
Halloween costumes and spurned on by several live bands.

USA NEW YORK HALLOWEEN PARADE

Parade participants march in the 40th Annual
Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York, USA, 31 October 2013.
Some 50,000 participants parade up New York's Sixth Avenue decked out in
Halloween costumes and spurned on by several live bands.